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Subject: Lusa: Gusmão's defense of dialogue with AlQaeda 'unfortunat
Gusmão's defense of dialogue with Al Qaeda 'unfortunate' - FM Horta
Dili, April 27 (Lusa) - East Timor's foreign minister, José Ramos
Horta, reaffirmed Dili's "solidarity" Tuesday with the
international campaign against terrorism, describing his president's
recent defense of dialogue with Al Qaeda as "inappropriate" and
"unfortunate".
"There should be no doubt about East Timor's position", Ramos
Horta told Lusa. "East Timor stands in solidarity with all countries
and governments in the implacable struggle against terror".
Al Qaeda, the foreign minister said, "uses any means to impose its
retrograde beliefs".
He described comments by President Xanana Gusmão in Lisbon last week,
suggesting the need for dialogue with terror groups to better combat them,
as "inappropriate" and "unfortunate".
Questioned by journalists on the issue Thursday during a visit to
Portugal, Gusmão said "dialogue" was sooner or later
"always necessary", echoing a recent comment by former
Portuguese President Mário Soares.
Ramos Horta described Soares' stance as "unfortunate" and
disclosing "ingenuousness or ignorance of these groups" of
terrorists.
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